The impact of embryo transfer on implantation - A review

Placenta

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. B, 2003, Pages

  Levi Setti, Paolo E ^a   Albani, E ^a   Cavagna, M ^a   Bulletti, C ^a   Colombo, G V ^a   Negri, L ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL FLORA; CATHETER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; NIDATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0142150104     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4004(03)00187-5     Document Type: Review

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